Security tightened in Bangkok after bomb blasts
Security is being tightened in Bangkok after two bomb blasts outside an upmarket shopping centre in the Thai capital.
One person was injured in yesterday’s blast, but police said the small homemade devices had not been intended to kill.
Police are investigating the bombs which were set off on a walkway between Siam skytrain station and Paragon shopping mall.
They said the steel pipe-bombs were hidden behind electric controls on the elevated walkway and were set on timers to explode at about 20:00 local time, the busiest time for shopping and dining out in the area, reports the BBC.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has ordered security to be stepped up.
Police and sniffer dogs are on patrol at stations and both BTS Skytrain and Aiam Paragon are open and running as normal today.
Diane
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